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That article says that the Cubs are pioneering the use of the improved batting helmet. Do the Cubs think actively going after bean-balls will improve their chance at getting a runner on base?

Because he hit the ball and the ball later contacted his body, does this mean he tagged himself out?

May I ask a dumb question? Does this mean he swung and hit the top of the pitched ball so that it went straight down and hit/broke his big toe?

The Wall Street Journal posits that baseball may be one of those jobs that Americans won't do anymore. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124966930911615069.html

I'm really confused. If the runner doesn't get credit for a stolen base, shouldn't the defending team get charged with an error?

I had forgotten that Truman was a lefty.

I like Obama's security detail. Previous presidents lived in simpler times.

Taft looks like he had a hard time even getting the ball onto the field.

Does this sort of thing happen in US baseball? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6642133.ece A cricket umpire got beaned and died from it.

Oh dear, I still am confused about baseball terminology. Is a "slug" a diminuative "slugger"? :confused:

Yeah I was 16 in 1969. I thought the world was opening up and was going to be my oyster.

Brian, shades of the 1960s... In 1969, three things happened that I never dreamed of seeing: man on the moon, the Mets won the World Series, and Dick Nixon became President.

Pedroncelli is still available. Why do you ask? ;)

Only from 1804 to 1814. Not much of an Empire. Frezon keeps telling me to go see some Boise Hawks games. I dunno....talk about losers. The Hawks are the farm club for the Chicago Cubs. :eek:

Where I live is equidistant from the Mariners, Rockies, and Giants/A's. Whom should I root for? Is it still OK to hate those Damn Yankees? :confused:

Heck I wonder what you would think of Commissioner Nicholls. - Stealing home would count for 2 runs - Grand slam counts as 5 runs - Starting pitchers must finish a game or be prohibited from playing for a week Bring the razzamataz back to the game.

People in Idaho don't take crap from city slickers from NYC. :laugh:

There's a trade-off for you. Sounds like the evil dwarf Alberich in the Ring of the Nibelung, who foresakes love for wealth - the Rhine Gold.

And there's one more reason to go out and catch some games in San Francisco these days..... Vintage Base Ball - back to the 1880s I'll bet Frezon would love it. He could sit in the press box and give a play-by-play over one of his antique telephones.

Seals field was torn down when I was a toddler.The only "Joltin' Joe" left in SF is found at local coffee houses.

The organization backing the Seals has been fielding World Series champs for centuries now.

Tony, Check your favorite news site.

And in today's score, it's Seals 3, Pirates 0.

The Chicago Cubs will win the pennant due in part to their very strong Boise Hawks farm club. :rolleyes The SF Giants law team will beat the Oakland A's law team over market share in San Jose, forestalling the A's moving there. :laugh: